Smurfit Kappa UK sealed its position as leaders of the paper-based packaging industry with two Gold awards, for Resource Efficient Pack of the Year and Supply Chain Solution of the Year at the 2014 UK Packaging Awards.

Sonoco Alloyd, part of Sonoco Display and Packaging, a unit of global packaging company Sonoco (SON), has been recognized with a WorldStar 2015 Packaging Award for its Whirlpool(R) Water EveryDrop(TM) water filter package by the World Packaging Organization.

Every year, the most inventive and effective packaging solutions receive a prestigious WorldStar from the World Packaging Organisation, in a global competition that has been running since 1970. Previous winner STI Group has once again impressed the jury to win this highly coveted award.

These days, corrugated cardboard boxes can be used in a wide range of applications. In fact, corrugated packaging can be used for almost all consumer goods and lifestyle products, including electrical appliances, computers, toys, gift items, food, and even large items like furniture, equipment, machinery, and so on.